No one can say exactly what was going through the minds of the Stockton police officers involved in chasing the bank robbers a few weeks ago. None of us can say what if or if Id been there . . . or they should have done. . . . However, this sad occasion does lead one to question the concept of blindly following orders, or living by the letter of the law or the protocol of any given organization simply because we have been told to do so. No one person, organization or board of directors can honestly believe they have covered all possible scenarios when writing their employee handbook, rules of engagement or whatever rules by which to operate. While there may be a general rule of thumb which may be usually kind of accurate, each situation in life we encounter is different and employees, whether police officers, military, school teacher, taxi driver or whomever ultimately must be allowed to use their own better judgment given circumstances at hand, not forced to refer to page 2, section 4 etc. Anyone willing to be a sheep should go find a nice pasture in which to retire.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:41:26 +0000
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